English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Wilstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tring

Historical Forms

  • Wivelestorn(e) 1220 Fees 1233 FF
  • Wyvelesthorne 1278 Ass 1385 IpmR
  • Wylstorn 1459 ib
  • Wyllesthorne 1564 ADvi
  • Wilsterne 1656 FF

Etymology

Wilstone is Wivelestorn (e )1220 Fees, 1233FF , Wyvelesthorne 1278Ass , 1385 IpmR, Wylstorn 1459 ib., Wyllesthorne 1564 AD vi, Wilsterne 1656FF . 'Wifel 's thorn tree,' cf. Wivelsfield (PN Sx 305) and Willsworthy (PN D 232).